Back-to-school season brings its familiar annual budget impact on families as costs for classroom supplies and school activity fees continue to climb, according to the 2017 Huntington Bank Backpack Index released by Huntington in cooperation with Communities In Schools.

In cooperation with Communities In Schools, Huntington Bank's eleventh-annual 2017 Backpack Index charts the increase of school costs at elementary, middle school levels as high school costs stabilize.

The CEO of CIS expresses his deep concern about the proposed budget released by President Trump and its potential effect on the nation’s most at-risk students. The spending blueprint released this morning includes $9.4 billion in cuts to the Department of Education.

The CEO of CIS expressed his deep concern about the proposed budget released by President Trump and its potential effect on the nation’s most at-risk students. The spending blueprint released this morning includes $9.4 billion in cuts to the Department of Education.

Daniel Domenech, executive director of AASA, and Dale Erquiaga, president and CEO of CIS, co-author a letter in The Advocate on leveraging ESSA to provide Integrated Student Supports for schools and students in need of support.

A OpEd from CIS National office Vice President, Government Relations, Tiffany Miller and CIS of Los Angeles Executive Director, Deborah Marcus discuss how extra support for low-income students can close the achievement gap.